The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924. Date: May 1, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)

Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended". Date: May 1, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this…

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin. Date: May 1, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)

Faisal Shahzad attempts to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, but the bomb fails to go off. Date: May 1, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)

Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. Date: May 1, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border. Date: May 1, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 2018…

Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period. Date: May 1, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)

The 2024 Loblaw boycott, a Canadian boycott against retail corporation and grocer Loblaw Companies, begins. Date: May 1, 2024 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 2024 📅 On This Day (Today)